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10News AIRF RCE December 14, 2017 We do our best to give blood Newly-promoted AIRCDRE Stephen Edgeley has his rank slides affixed by his wife, Pippa, and CAF AIRMSHL Leo Davies. Photo: FSGT Kev Berriman Proud to take on role CPL Bill Solomou AFTER more than 30 years of service in Air Force, GPCAPT Stephen Edgeley has been promoted to AIRCDRE. CAF AIRMSHL Leo Davies conducted the promotion at Russell offices in Canberra on December 5. Enlisting in 1987, AIRCDRE Edgeley is believed to be the first Joint Battlefield Airspace Controller to reach the rank of One Star. AIRCDRE Edgeley said he was excited, proud, and privileged to enter Air Force’s Senior Leadership Team. “As a controller I have had to work in some challenging places like Dili, Mogadishu, and Baghdad,” AIRCDRE Edgeley said. “The combination of an exciting job and the talented people I have worked with have made it a truly rewarding career.” “My greatest highlight was being appointed as OC 44 Wing where I was trusted to look after the people that create the ADF’s air traffic capability,” he said. AIRCDRE Edgeley will be the Director General Strategic Planning - Air Force. WE did it! The 2017 Defence Blood Challenge is over and the ADF target of 7000 whole blood, plasma and platelet donations was eclipsed with 7,244 – just before the deadline closed on December 8. This equates to more than 221,732 potential lives saved, and 159,368 blood treatments from Defence alone. Air Force completed the challenge with more than 1,893 donations, potentially saving more than 5,679 lives. This tally also beats last year’s total donations by 5.2 per cent. Air Force also leads the “per capi- ta” donation tally, with 12.87 per cent of all members taking part. Red Cross Community Relations Officer Sally Gavin said the strategic timing of the annual blood challenge was vital. “The timing of the Defence blood challenge is very important to Red Cross, which prepares a lot of product for the very busy festive and holiday season by helping all those in need, [including] hospitals, patients, and the Australian community as a whole,” Ms Gavin said. Air Force Blood Ambassador OFFCDT Emma Halliday believes RAAF took out the honours this year. “I’m really proud that Defence as a whole achieved such a great outcome,” OFFCDT Halliday said. “It’s amazing to see a unified movement towards such as an important cause and it demonstrates the values we hold as an organisation. “Despite being a small service, Air Force can come together and make a big impact in an important challenge.”